He was eating gourd and saying, "What a plant you are! How beloved you are to me, because of how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved you."
حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد حدثنا الليث عن معاوية بن صالح عن أبي طالوت قال دخلت على
وهو يأكل القرع وهو يقول يا لك شجرة ما أحبك إلي لحب رسول الله ﷺ إياك
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[Its chain of transmission is daif] Abu Talut Shami is unidentified (Taqrib), and the following hadith serves as a corroborating witness for part of it On this topic there is also a report from Hakeem bin Jabir from his father [Tirmidhi in Shamail, no. 160].